"Tight as a clothesline" nghĩa là gì?

"Tight as a clothesline" = căng như dây phơi đồ -> nghĩa là bủn xỉn, keo kiệt.

Ví dụ

It's hard to find somebody who says the prudent (thận trọng, khôn ngoan) thing to do is to be tight as a clothesline.

"I've been tight as a clothesline ever since I was young just because I saw what my mom had to go through,'' he says now.

"Maybe the spreadsheet is not about being tight as a clothesline but it's just how he likes to share things," another person pointed out.

Bài trước: "Tight as a tick" nghĩa là gì?